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Canelo is fresh from two world title fights against Gennady Golovkin at middleweight, drawing the first and winning the second, both in controversial circumstances, and is one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. Fielding (27-2) was unable to cope with Alvarez's body shots and speaking via DAZN afterwards, the 31-year-old said: "Canelo is an elite fighter, and I never shied away from a challenge".

Nathan Lyon followed up his five-wicket haul in the first innings with the dismissal of Virat Kohli to set Australia up for a series-leveling victory at the new Perth Stadium. Damien Fleming said it was a sign Kohli was "starting to lose it". Marcus Harris, who was hit a fearsome blow on the helmet by Jasprit Bumrah , was not out seven but lost opening partner Finch who left the field after being struck on his right hand by Mohammed Shami with what proved to be the last ball before ...

However there is every chance that the Scotland global will be needed by Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers at some point in the evening, and Griffiths has promised to take his chance. "The next two games were hard (against Salzburg and Leipzig away), but we bounced back with two victories (against Leipzig at home and Rosenborg away)".

Only 16 teams are left in the competition, with the eight group winners being drawn against the eight runners-up from the group stages. Group winners Barcelona, Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus , Manchester City , Paris Saint-Germain, Porto , Real Madrid are seeded and can not face each other.

The Switzerland global took it upon himself to find the back of the net twice in quick succession to guarantee a vital win for the Reds, in what is quickly becoming a compelling Premier League title race. Sunday's 3-1 victory took Klopp's side back to the top of the Premier League after they were briefly overtaken when City beat Everton on Saturday .

The South region being the outlier, every region was as follows from first to third: Murray, Tagovailoa and redshirt sophomore Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins . You pushed me harder than any coach ever has and I just want to say thank you for believing in me and allowing me to be the quarterback of this team, the leader of this team.

Ahead of Thursday's game in Mexico City , which the Bulls lost to Orlando 97-91, ESPN's Malika Andrews reported that the 23-year old forward would no longer be apart of the Bulls rotation. "It's not on me", Parker said . You know, this team is not about one person, one matchup. The return of Lauri Markkanen and Bobby Portis has created a log jam at the power forward position, and Parker appears to be the odd man out.

His personality is very important for us to continue trying to go one-v-one and break lines with his quality. "I think every player is now okay to help us in the position we need". "Two weeks ago we played in Kiev and it was the same with Emile and Willock, who scored there". Emery was similarly pleased with his return, saying: "Today is another step for him and for us".

The heavyweight champion has a Wembley date penciled in the diary for April 13 but Tyson Fury "s draw with Deontay Wilder has now thrown his own plans into disarray". Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Deontay Wilder is Anthony Joshua's desired opponent for his next fight on April 13 - not British rival Tyson Fury.

The Houston Rockets were clinging to a lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter on Thursday night when James Harden told coach Mike D'Antoni he needed to come out for a bit to rest - something the reigning MVP never does.

Is it nice if you have to play that? It's something that is weird and unusual. "But I think Jurgen told already they want to win the Premier League". But I predicted in the summer that the season was going to be very hard for us. Liverpool are expected to beat United this weekend. "It's not just about spending money and reinforcing the squad, a football team is more than that, is not just about spending the money".

Reports circulated that he wouldn't play in Week 15 against the Los Angeles Rams due to back issues, while a CT scan on Thursday showed that Wentz has a fractured vertabrae . The former Pro Bowl selection was a limited participant twice on consecutive Wednesdays while dealing with his previous back injury. He is already expected to be out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rams, which will put backup Nick Foles back into the mix as the starter.

Guardiola said: "Phil was incredible, the way he played. I have never had doubts about him, and I think I never will have doubts about the quality of that guy", he added. A first domestic defeat of the season at Chelsea on Saturday, which saw them fall behind Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table, had appeared to have left a hangover into their final Champions League group match against the German side.

The 34-year-old former France worldwide scored first from the penalty spot, and then with a well-placed shot to give the Swiss champion a first win of the group stage. Dybala said Juventus wasted many chances to score against Young Boys during the first half of the match. Three-time defending champion Madrid is also seeded in the draw despite a 3-0 home loss Wednesday against CSKA Moscow.

Premier League leaders Liverpool are 16 points ahead of United going into the game on Sunday . I'm aware of the criticism but we switch off because there's a lot of quality, speed and technique and they have pretty much everything. That is how I understand life, I learned it a little bit in football. You have to do work on the house and when it's ready you buy the furniture. "You spend money on the best possible furniture and then you're ready to live in an wonderful house".

The creative playmaker helped his side beat Real Madrid 3-0 on Wednesday night in the Champions League group stages and he could be the ideal understudy for Gylfi Sigurdsson at Everton if they can get him back on side. "It was so tough for him and when he came back I had the feeling he was a little bit exhausted". De Bruyne and Sergio Agüero, who has missed the past four games with a muscle problem, face late tests.

Most team owners would respond to this by doing some groundwork, talking to council members, and selling a city on why they need to upgrade the arena. It will take four yes votes on the seven-person council to approve the public funding. The cost of the proposed project in Phoenix would reportedly be split, with the city paying $150 million and Sarver's team spending $80 million and also committing to build a new practice facility in the area.

It was reported that the Lakers were in on trade discussions with the Phoenix Suns for veteran forward, Trevor Ariza . Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times was told by people close to Ariza that the 33-year-old would prefer to return to the Lakers , with whom he previously spent two seasons and won his only National Basketball Association championship.

According to Sky Sports , Matip suffered a broken collarbone injury during the clash with Napoli, and will require surgery to fix it. Matip had started the Reds' last three matches but now faces a spell on the sidelines. "That was it, I don't know anything else", added the Liverpool boss. Joe Gomez is also not expected to return until the new year after fracturing his leg at Burnley last week, while Dejan Lovren has only just returned from a concussion.

The Mariners said that Dipoto was undergoing tests, but was feeling fine and only brought to the hospital out of " an abundance of caution ", according to the The News Tribune. The swap came Thursday at the close of the winter meetings. Santana spent eight seasons with the Indians, hitting.249 in his career with 149 homers and 547 runs batted in.